Fides (Fides)
Fides is keeping your word. A promise, a treaty, and a friendship all rest on it. Cicero says good faith is the foundation of justice.
Grades 7–8. Roman values.
How it connects
Romans also gave the name Fides to a goddess. Breaking fides was a public shame.
A line to remember
Fundamentum autem est iustitiae fides.
The foundation of justice is good faith.
Cicero, De Officiis 1.23
Latin words that go with this card: amicus, lex.